Play Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy online
2 players online · co-op · everyone on their own device How online multiplayer works
You throw a punch halfway across the screen, your partner leaps into the background, and between the two of you no pirate is left standing.
Free, right in your browser, nothing to install.
- Year
- 1994
- Manufacturer
- SNK
- Players
- 2 players at once
- Genres
- Action, Beat 'em ups
- Decade
- '90s arcade games
On UsuArcade, Top Hunter is played online in 2 player co-op: you on your phone or PC and your buddy on theirs, in the same game and in real time, one as Roddy and the other as Cathy.
It's SNK's most cartoony Neo Geo action game: two bounty hunters punch their way across jungle, fire, wind and ice planets, with arms that stretch out like springs, crates you can pick up and throw, and stages with two lanes so you can hop from the foreground into the background.
History
Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy came out from SNK in 1994 on the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, and it also got a release on the Neo Geo home console.
It landed two years before the first Metal Slug, on the same hardware, and shares its sense of humor, its enemies sent flying and its love of two player co-op. The version on UsuArcade is «Top Hunter - Roddy & Cathy (NGM-046)» from MAME 0.239.
How to play
The stick moves your character and down crouches. Z attacks with your stretchy punch, X jumps and C hops you into the background or back to the foreground. You can also lift crates and enemies and throw them, just like the machine's HOW TO PLAY shows.
When you start, pick a planet on the STAGE SELECT screen before the countdown runs out. Watch the TIME clock up top and grab the rings marked «PULL»: give them a yank. Out of lives, keep going with another coin and START. In co-op, your buddy can jump in at any point with their own coin and START.
Play Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy with a friend
Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy is a co-op game: you both play at the same time on the same team, each from your own home, like you're side by side at the same cabinet.
- Head into the UsuArcade arcade and send your friend the link so they can join you.
- Take a seat at the Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy cabinet.
- Invite them from the cabinet's player panel: once they accept, they jump into your game and play from their own home, in the same game as you.
Controls: keyboard or gamepad on a PC; on-screen touch controls on your phone.
Fun facts
- The two heroes are called Roddy and Cathy, and the machine's attract mode shows them on a slot machine.
- There are four planets to choose from: jungle, fire, wind and ice.
- The first planet is the jungle one, with the «Wonder Wood» stage.
- It came out two years before the first Metal Slug, on the same Neo Geo hardware.
In the arcade
Just like the arcade, but from home: grab a seat at the Top Hunter cabinet, in the Action zone right next to the Metal Slug machines, invite your buddy when they show up in the arcade and go after the pirates together, one as Roddy and the other as Cathy. Nothing to install: it runs in the browser, on your phone or PC, gamepad included, and every game starts with INSERT COIN, for free.
Your buddy can jump in even after you've started. While you play you can talk over game voice chat, everyone else in the arcade can drop in to watch, and your scores go up on the arcade's high score boards.
Arcade high scores for Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy
- EL POKE 17,900 points
- DANGLR 17,400 points
- Arwen_ 9,300 points
- usuario 2,300 points
FAQ
When did Top Hunter come out?
In 1994, from SNK, on the Neo Geo MVS arcade system.
How many players is Top Hunter?
One or two at once, in co-op: one plays Roddy and the other plays Cathy in the same game.
Can you play Top Hunter online with a friend?
Yes. On UsuArcade it's played online in 2 player co-op: each of you on your own phone or PC, in the same game and in real time.
Is Top Hunter like Metal Slug?
Both are Neo Geo games, both are two player co-op and both are packed with humor, but Top Hunter is all about stretchy punches instead of gunfire. If you love Metal Slug, it's right next door in the arcade.
Does it cost anything to play?
No. Every game starts with INSERT COIN, but it's free and there are no payments.
